Horticulturist / Botanical Garden Curator
Cultivate and manage plant collections for research and education.
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What Can I Do With a Bachelor’s in Sustainable Horticulture?
Urban Farm Manager
Operate food-producing gardens and farms within urban environments.
Wildlife Manager
Oversee wildlife populations and habitats to sustain healthy ecosystems.
Restoration Ecologist
Rehabilitate degraded ecosystems using native plants and science-based methods.
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What you’ll learn
Protect Plants and Shape Ecosystems
- Use horticulture principles to select, manage, and improve plant species and products for various environments
- Explore the social, spiritual, economic, and cultural importance of plants in both historical and modern communities
- Learn methods to identify, monitor, and respond effectively to horticultural challenges and pests
- Understand how climate change, water availability, and food safety affect sustainability within horticultural systems
- Apply principles of business law, marketing, accounting, and personnel management to run and grow horticultural businesses effectively
Awards and recognition
Proudly Recognized for Excellence
Tuition Rates
We believe a college education should help launch you into a promising future, not weigh you down with debt. Unity’s online bachelor’s programs are $470 per credit, with no term-based fees and free text resources in most courses.
Tuition Locked Through 2030!
While many U.S. colleges raise tuition by 2–4% each year, your tuition rate at Unity stays the same, giving you cost certainty from your first term through graduation.
Military Friendly
Active-duty service members, veterans, and their families receive a reduced tuition rate of $423 per credit. VA education benefits (including the GI Bill®, Chapter 31, Chapter 35, and Active Duty Tuition Assistance) may be applied toward the cost of your degree.
NO SURPRISES. NO UNNECESSARY FEES.
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Affordable, Transparent Tuition
With no hidden fees!
Flexible Payment Options
Plans that fit your budget.
Locked-In Tuition
7 years with no tuition increase.
Earn While You Learn
Work full-time while studying.
Personalized Financial Plan
Know your cost before you start.
Low Textbook Costs
Free materials in most courses.
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Have Questions About the Bachelor’s in Sustainable Horticulture?
Sustainable horticulture combines plant science with eco-friendly practices to cultivate plants in various settings, from fields to greenhouses to vertical hydroponic systems. You’ll master skills in integrated pest management, disease management, and the safe use of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides.
The BS in Sustainable Horticulture will prepare you to use sustainable approaches with horticultural science to manage and improve plants and their products. You will learn to monitor and adjust growing conditions in various contexts, from fields to greenhouses to hydroponic systems, in order to maximize crop yields and address problems such as plant pests and diseases.
Throughout the horticulture program, you will also learn and apply principles of accounting, marketing, labor law, and personnel management as you analyze and develop business plans and practices for sustainable horticultural products and services. Program graduates will be prepared for a wide variety of careers, including greenhouse management, hydroponic crop production, landscape design, horticulturist work, and urban farming.
Our comprehensive 120-credit program can be tailored to fit your schedule and goals! Completion time is flexible, determined by the number of credits you choose to take each term (8 terms/year) and less time with transfer credits. Without transfer credits, you can anticipate the following completion times:
- 48 credits/year: Fast-track your education in only 2.6 years
- 30 credits/year: Achieve your degree in 4 years
- 24 credits/year: Complete in just 5 years
General Education Core: 40 credits
Environmental Professional Core: 13 credits
Elective Courses: 31 credits
Program Core: 36 credits
- BIOL 201: Organisms that Sustain the Earth: Understanding Plants
- BIOL 315: Cell Biology
- BIOL 320: Plant Breeding
- BIOL 325: Plant Pathology
- BIOL 330: Integrated Pest Management
- CHEM 205 Applications of Chemistry for Horticulture
- ENVJ 307: Food Systems and Social Justice
- ESCI 301: Soil Analysis
- HORT 301: Growing Hydroponic and Aquaponic Crops
- HORT 401: Climate-Smart Agriculture
- MGMT 301: Starting Your Small Business
- SUFA 201: Sustainable Farm Management
- SUFA 301: Sustainable Agriculture for Small Farms
